What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Walham Green
One thing matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your motor has run since. Anywhere the car stands — Fulham, Walham Green — don't run a motor that has not run yet. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush after a drain, carried out right where your vehicle stands around Walham Green. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It's a bigger job, yet stage one does not change.
Compare your case to one of the ones below, wherever around Greater London you are.
On a Walham Green forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You are at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Somewhere in Walham Green, then — Esso, Shell, or somewhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. Still inside the tank, and no fuel drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — so don't get back in. Ask the attendants to help you push the car into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear is cleared right at the pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Walham Green drive?
Days had gone by with the dash light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Right off Effie Road is not different from anywhere.
In short: if the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it's nearly as good as finding out at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue settles to the base of the tank and stays put, no matter how long it waits.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — otherwise a person might drive it off first thing — and call us. Your driveway is where it gets emptied, whether around Walham Green or Parsons Green. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Walham Green: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, drove away, and before long your engine was turning unevenly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Maybe driving for Westminster, under 5 miles away, or simply along Fulham Broadway.
The point: your system has drawn AdBlue in by now. Past the filter, along the lines, and — the further the distance — on into the injection pump and every injector. It goes further with each mile covered and every restart.
Stop safely — that's the first step — then switch it off. Service stations further on are too far: on the M4, under 5 miles out of Walham Green, use the next junction. No trial starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Tell us know the distance driven when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It's a motor you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, its cap is right by your diesel inlet — news to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Greater London.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Plenty of rental and company agreements require the owner's sign-off for repairs.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. Hanging on for an answer at the car park at West Brompton, or beside Fulham Broadway Methodist Church? Keep the engine off meanwhile.
Walham Green: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most you can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. A hurried top-up by the gates of Holy Cross RC School, or a call to a friend in Earls Court: both fit.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no harm to the motor. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Turning on the vehicle will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would suck it in.
Assume it went in, and never start your key. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean is better than draining one after it's been run — so ring and tell us what you noticed.
What every AdBlue drain around Walham Green has in common
The job begins the same way, whichever your case. Three things are asked when our technicians reach your car — at a forecourt, a drive, a road by Vue or the car park outside Bootsy Brogan's: the liquid, the amount, and whether it has been started. On the phone, before anything else, you are told our price, and those answers decide the work too.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is essential, because crystals form and some metals corrode, and none of that washes out unaided. Finally are the filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a test of your car. Never started? Then about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Firing it up comes last. We confirm it runs smoothly on fresh diesel before we go. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and when it is noticed soon, lasting damage is very rare. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Check your insurance while we arrive: misfuelling cover comes built into many policies.
About Walham Green
Walham Green is a suburban area in southwest London, situated near the River Thames and close to the neighbourhoods of Parsons Green and West Brompton. Walham Green sits at a low elevation of around 11 metres, with many of its residents living in flat dwellings. Walham Green is located near several local amenities and transport links, including those connecting to nearby Westminster and Sands End. Walham Green has a population of approximately 19,830 people, making it a relatively densely populated area.
AdBlue drains across Greater London, Walham Green included
Being a residential suburb, Walham Green has the same vans as the nearby towns — Sands End, West Brompton — right through SW postcodes. Giving us your SW6 4 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Parked en route to Eel Brook Common, or bang in the centre of Walham Green, the vehicle stays where it is — there is no need to shift it at all. Draining is done on the spot. If you are somewhere hard to describe, close to Vanston Place Community Center or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your scenario, summed up
Unstarted? Keep the car that way then ring. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Walham Green and anywhere across Greater London on 0333 366 0103.